Tuesday, May 18, 2004

People need to stop coming up to me and telling me about so and so new game out in the market that has 'tight' graphics. Gameplay is what makes a good game. Super Mario, the Monkey Island series, the Resident Evil series, Age Of Empires, neither of these games has graphics worth writing home about. What they do have is really well-developed gameplay that makes your mom drag you off the PC after five hours of constant gaming at 4 in the morning.

Speaking of which, Death Rally, one of my all-time favorite games is what I'm addicted to these days. It's great to have a racing game that doesn't only ask you to beat the other cars in the race, but also kick their asses and cause all your opponents to explode in mid race so that you're the winner by default. Also, there are always certain 'sponsors' who are willing to pay you to ensure that a certain racer doesn't reach the finish line. Now that's addictive gameplay!



Another thing I find very strange are sports games. If I sit on my ass all day playing FIFA 2003, doesn't it defeat the actual point of sports, i.e. getting off my ass and going outside and playing?

Misha at Tuesday, May 18, 2004

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